Gareth Barry insists Everton must score at least once in Kiev on Thursday night to stand any chance of making it through to the Europa League quarter-finals.

And the Blues’ midfielder has urged his team-mates to relax during the game, even though they are likely to face a hostile reception from the Dynamo supporters.

Barry was part of the Manchester City side that was knocked out of the competition at this stage by Kiev in 2011, losing 2-1 on aggregate to the Ukrainian outfit.

A talented City side lost 2-0 at the Valeriy Lobanovskiy stadium in the capital thanks to goals from Andriy Shevchenko and Oleh Gusev before winning the return leg in Manchester 1-0.

Dynamo Kiev's Oleg Gusev scores against Manchester City in the Europa League Third Round First Leg at Valery Lobanovskiy Stadium, Kiev, Ukraine - 10/3/11

Thursday night’s game takes place at the Olympic Stadium and while Barry insists the atmosphere will be equally as unwelcoming, he wants Everton to play without any fear.

The Blues hold a 2-1 advantage heading into the second leg but 34-year-old Barry believes an away goal will be vital to their chances of making the last eight of a European competition for the first time since 1985.

“There will be a really tough atmosphere,” Barry told the ECHO.

“We’ve seen signs of their quality and after the game last week, even though we’d won the game and put in a performance, we knew the tie wasn’t dead and that it is still finely balanced.

“We are going to have to be on top of our game and we need to use our experience over there because I am certainly expecting a really tough game.

“The atmosphere and the style the Ukrainian team will have means we are going to have to defend well as a team and be together as a team, give 100% and take our chances when they come because Kiev are going to be really up for it in front of their fans.

“But we need to relax and try and play our game because the atmosphere can make players do stuff they wouldn’t normally do.”

Everton need only a draw to progress but Barry insists playing for such a result would be asking for trouble.

Everton's manager Roberto Martinez and Gareth Barry

“You never know how football is going to go but, for me, we have got to go there and score at least one goal,” he added.

“If we don’t then it is going to be difficult to go through. So from that point of view, we need to try and win the game, be attacking and not change anything. When you start worrying about keeping a clean sheet, that is when things can go wrong.”

But after back-to-back wins for the first time since the end of November, Barry says Everton head to Eastern Europe with confidence.

The veteran midfielder believes there was a significant shift in the mood after they went 1-0 down to Kiev last week at Goodison.

After a desperately poor first half an hour, the Blues regrouped and equalised through Steven Naismith just before half-time.

Romelu Lukaku’s penalty gave Everton a deserved win and they carried their revival into Sunday’s Premier League game with Newcastle United, which they won 3-0.

“Last week, it was a tough atmosphere, even for an experienced player like myself, it was still tough to play in,” he said.

Dynamo Kiev's Dieumerci Mbokani in action with Everton's James McCarthy

“The fans are frustrated and it isn’t easy but being an experienced player it is part of your job and you take that role on to try and dictate the game and take pressure off other players.

“And from the first 20 minutes, compared to the second-half, there was such an extreme change, not just on the pitch but with the fans as well.

“And I think that performance just helped relax everyone and showed in the result on Sunday because it was such a complete and confident performance against Newcastle.